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trye

trye is the obsolete spelling of try.

Meaning of try

Noun

try (plural tries)

  1. An attempt.
    • I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
    Synonyms:
    bash, go, stab, whirl
  2. An act of tasting or sampling.
    • I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
    Synonyms:
    sampling, taste, tasting
  3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
    • Today I scored my first try.
    Synonyms:
    touchdown
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
    • They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC
  5. A field goal or extra point
  6. A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

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Questions about trye

What is trye the obsolete spelling of?
Trye is the obsolete spelling of try.

Words near trye in the dictionary

  1. trybills
  2. tryblidiacean
  3. tryblidiid
  4. tryblidiids
  5. trychostatin
  6. trye
  7. tryed
  8. tryer
  9. tryers
  10. trygliceride
  11. tryhard

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